game piece
Object Name3 Gaming Pieces (?)
Made FromGlass
Date1299-1200 BCE
Place Madepossibly Western Asia
Techniquewound, trailed
Size(a) H: 2.3 cm; (a) Base Diam: 1.9 cm; (b) H: 2.2 cm, Diam: 2.1 cm, (c) H: 1.3 cm, Diam: 1.8 cm
Accession Number79.1.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(a,b) Opaque bluish gray streaked with off-white (perhaps originally deep blue) and pale gray (perhaps originally opaque white); (c) opaque pale gray (original color unknown) and opaque pale yellow (perhaps originally yellow) glasses; (a,b) apparently wound around mandrel and trailed; (c) apparently wound around mandrel. (a) Gaming-piece or counter (?): conical, perhaps originally deep blue. Top rounded; side straight, curving inward at bottom; flat base, with tubular hollow (L. about 2.0 cm, D. 0/15 cm) at center. Single trail, perhaps originally white, wound around side and marvered flush with surface. (b) As "a", but with perforation extending from base (where it is D. 0.2 cm) to top of cone (D. 0.05 cm). (c) Gaming-piece or counter (?): spheroid, with flattened top and flat base, apparently with tubular hollow at center; upper part now pale gray and lowest 0.25-0.35 cm now opaque light yellow.Provenance
Source
Gawain McKinley
(British, 1945-1996) - 1979-05-23
